Marcela Ferreira
@marcelafwrites.bsky.social
Children’s writer. Picture Books. THE QUEEN NEXT DOOR (Hachette) | THE TREASURE (Magic Cat) | BEAR Vs DRAGON (OUP) Repp’ed by The Catchpole Agency |
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So exciting to be at the reopening of West Wickham Library today. Loads of people came along to see the newly renovated library. @peterbently.bsky.social ran a wonderful Storytime & we were joined by some other children’s authors & illustrators! Fantastic day! @marcelafwrites.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So exciting to be at the reopening of West Wickham Library today. Loads of people came along to see the newly renovated library. @peterbently.bsky.social ran a wonderful Storytime & we were joined by some other children’s authors & illustrators! Fantastic day! @marcelafwrites.bsky.social
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More than 500 children's authors, illustrators & educators have signed a statement on Palestine including @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell OBE, Lauren Child CBE & @chrishaughton.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org
Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Happy publication day to me!
I Could Be Eaten By A Shark is officially out today! My second picture book with Mark Chambers, is about learning to live with our fears, making room for worries instead of trying to quash them (because sometimes it’s not that simple) 🦈🦈🦈
I Could Be Eaten By A Shark is officially out today! My second picture book with Mark Chambers, is about learning to live with our fears, making room for worries instead of trying to quash them (because sometimes it’s not that simple) 🦈🦈🦈
May 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy publication day to me!
I Could Be Eaten By A Shark is officially out today! My second picture book with Mark Chambers, is about learning to live with our fears, making room for worries instead of trying to quash them (because sometimes it’s not that simple) 🦈🦈🦈
I Could Be Eaten By A Shark is officially out today! My second picture book with Mark Chambers, is about learning to live with our fears, making room for worries instead of trying to quash them (because sometimes it’s not that simple) 🦈🦈🦈
Very, very excited to be one of the authors being championed by the GLL Lit foundation this year!
March 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Very, very excited to be one of the authors being championed by the GLL Lit foundation this year!
Sharing the brilliant I Could be Eaten by a Shark book trailer! Thank you Oxford University Press!!! 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈 out May 1st
March 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Sharing the brilliant I Could be Eaten by a Shark book trailer! Thank you Oxford University Press!!! 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈 out May 1st
Very very excited to be part of this! Watch this space 🙌🙌🙌
The newly launched GLL Literary Foundation has named the 17 UK children’s authors selected to receive bursary placements. 👇 #BookSky
New GLL Literary Foundation names children’s authors awarded bursary placements
www.thebookseller.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Very very excited to be part of this! Watch this space 🙌🙌🙌
My next book made it to the @the-bookseller.bsky.social guide! I Could be Eaten by a Shark is out May 1st! Published by OUP it’s my second with March Chambers 🦈🦈🦈
February 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
My next book made it to the @the-bookseller.bsky.social guide! I Could be Eaten by a Shark is out May 1st! Published by OUP it’s my second with March Chambers 🦈🦈🦈
Not long now! If you live in south east London come along to Herne Hill this weekend! Stepping into Stories is on!
February 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Not long now! If you live in south east London come along to Herne Hill this weekend! Stepping into Stories is on!
Just came across some lovely posts on X that I missed last year - as I don’t go on it much 😀.
January 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just came across some lovely posts on X that I missed last year - as I don’t go on it much 😀.
Really happy to be coming back to Stepping into Stories this year! Come along on Sunday 9th for a story and plenty of fun activities!
www.steppingintostories.org/event-detail...
www.steppingintostories.org/event-detail...
January 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Really happy to be coming back to Stepping into Stories this year! Come along on Sunday 9th for a story and plenty of fun activities!
www.steppingintostories.org/event-detail...
www.steppingintostories.org/event-detail...
Reposted by Marcela Ferreira
🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.
November 29, 2024 at 8:01 AM
🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.
First time doing a zoom session with a school today - and it’s for #bookweekscotland , 10 schools, 800+ kids! Terrified but also very excited. Being a writer requires so many more skills than I ever thought! Wish me luck 😁😁😁
November 20, 2024 at 8:39 AM
First time doing a zoom session with a school today - and it’s for #bookweekscotland , 10 schools, 800+ kids! Terrified but also very excited. Being a writer requires so many more skills than I ever thought! Wish me luck 😁😁😁
It was such a great day!
Last week @marcelafwrites.bsky.social and I presented our new picture books (out next year!) at the OUP Sales conference in #Oxford. It was a real joy to share the stage with Marcela & to talk about the inspiration behind our stories.
My Kerfuffle Bird is beautifully illustrated by #GwenMillward ✨
My Kerfuffle Bird is beautifully illustrated by #GwenMillward ✨
November 20, 2024 at 8:35 AM
It was such a great day!
Yesterday I got to read and chat about my next PB - out next year with Oxford University Press! It was pretty special. Got to keep celebrating the wins 🙌🙌
November 13, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Yesterday I got to read and chat about my next PB - out next year with Oxford University Press! It was pretty special. Got to keep celebrating the wins 🙌🙌
Finally can share the news! Absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted 🤸🏻🤸🏻🤸🏻🤸🏻
February 11, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Finally can share the news! Absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted 🤸🏻🤸🏻🤸🏻🤸🏻
Reposted by Marcela Ferreira
From the hag's point of view... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2023/10/reth...
Rethinking The Hag - by Lu Hersey
Children's authors writers from the UK share thoughts on books and writing
awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com
October 18, 2023 at 6:25 AM
From the hag's point of view... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2023/10/reth...
Reposted by Marcela Ferreira
To celebrate my 'Revenge of the Librarians' book token design, @book_tokens have given me one £50/€50 book token to give away. Share this post today for a chance to win it. (UK and Ireland only)
October 23, 2023 at 11:21 AM
To celebrate my 'Revenge of the Librarians' book token design, @book_tokens have given me one £50/€50 book token to give away. Share this post today for a chance to win it. (UK and Ireland only)
Excellent article!! Lots to think about here.
Interesting article from School Library Journal on the current state of the YA / middle grade market, where sales are trending down teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/10/18/a...
A Treatise on the State of Middle Grade and Young Adult Publishing Today
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses the current issues in middle grade and young adult publishing and their impact on reading and libraries
teenlibrariantoolbox.com
October 24, 2023 at 5:59 AM
Excellent article!! Lots to think about here.
Reposted by Marcela Ferreira
I'm doing a massive FREE VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISIT with BookTrust on Nov 10th - I hope as many kids as possible will be part of it! Everyone welcome - teachers, librarians, parents & carers, you can sign up here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
October 23, 2023 at 3:21 PM
I'm doing a massive FREE VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISIT with BookTrust on Nov 10th - I hope as many kids as possible will be part of it! Everyone welcome - teachers, librarians, parents & carers, you can sign up here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
(Art: Charles M Schulz)